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As mentioned in other threads, no one on tour has a bigger advantage than Thiem does right now. However, had he been born 10 years earlier, how would his career have turned out instead? His breakthrough season in real life was 2016 which would've been 2006 in this hypothetical. In this scenario, he would currently be 27 years old but in 2010 instead of 2020.
The field would've been a lot different had he been born a decade earlier as his prime competitors would've obviously been Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray, along with Del Potro and later Wawrinka, along with other top 10 staples like Berdych, Tsonga, Ferrer, Cilic, Roddick, Davydenko, and for a little while, Soderling.
Would he still have put up the same numbers? What would his ranking be and would he still have such a good H2H record against the big 3? Some notable performances from Thiem irl would've been equivalent to:
- 2006-2009 RG
- 2008 USO
- 2010 AO and USO
- 2009 IW
- 2009 and 2010 WTF
- 2007-2009 Madrid
- 2007 Rome
- 2008 MC
- 2008 Bercy
- In this scenario, he also would've gotten to play in the '08 Beijing Olympics (Thiem has yet to play in an OLY in his actual career)
The field would've been a lot different had he been born a decade earlier as his prime competitors would've obviously been Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray, along with Del Potro and later Wawrinka, along with other top 10 staples like Berdych, Tsonga, Ferrer, Cilic, Roddick, Davydenko, and for a little while, Soderling.
Would he still have put up the same numbers? What would his ranking be and would he still have such a good H2H record against the big 3? Some notable performances from Thiem irl would've been equivalent to:
- 2006-2009 RG
- 2008 USO
- 2010 AO and USO
- 2009 IW
- 2009 and 2010 WTF
- 2007-2009 Madrid
- 2007 Rome
- 2008 MC
- 2008 Bercy
- In this scenario, he also would've gotten to play in the '08 Beijing Olympics (Thiem has yet to play in an OLY in his actual career)
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